Tutkheperre certainly ruled Egypt prior to the reign of Osorkon II who adopts the generic Ramesses II based prenomen of ' Usimare Setepenre / Setepenamun ' for his own royal name.

Piye adopted two throne names: Usimare and Sneferre during his reign and was much more passionate ( in common with many kings of Nubia ) about the worship of the god Amun.

The document highlights the increasing power of the High Priest of Amun Ramessesnakht whose son, a certain Usimare ' nakhte, held the office of chief tax master.

Recently, it has been demonstrated that Nile Quay Text No. 14 ( dated to Year 29 of an Usimare Setepenamun ) belongs to Osorkon II on palaeographical grounds.

Egyptian-Hittite peace treaty | Egypto-Hittite Peace Treaty ( c. 1258 BC ) between Hattusili III and Ramesses II is the best known early written peace treaty.

* The Center for Online Judaic Studies: Ramesses III and the Philistines, 1175 BC

It has also been noted that there is great similarity between the names of the Sea Peoples, which at that time were raiding Egypt, as they are listed by Ramesses III and Merneptah, and of the allies of the Trojans.

* 1153 BC — Death of pharaoh Ramesses III of Egypt

* 1153 BC — Death of pharaoh Ramesses III of Egypt

The theory that these people came from the Western Mediterranean, suggested by some who draw attention to the etymological connections between Sherden and Sardinia, Shekelesh with Sicily, and Trs-w ( Teresh or Tursci ) with Etruscans, is not archaeologically satisfactory, and there is evidence that these people arrived in the areas in which they lived in classical times after the period of Ramesses III, rather than before.

If the theory that the Sherden moved to Sardinia only after their defeat by Ramesses III is true, then it could be inferred from this that the finds in Sardinia are survivals of earlier types of weapons and armour.

* Sishepset, from the time of Ramesses III

and Ramesses III were also found.

Ramesses III is believed to have reigned from March 1186 to April 1155 BC.

Ramesses III defeated them in two great land and sea battles.

Ramesses III claims that he incorporated the Sea Peoples as subject peoples and settled them in Southern Canaan, although there is no clear evidence to this effect ; the pharaoh, unable to prevent their gradual arrival in Canaan, may have claimed that it was his idea to let them reside in this territory.

Ramesses III was also compelled to fight invading Libyan tribesmen in two major campaigns in Egypt's Western Delta in his Year 6 and Year 11 respectively.

Thanks to the discovery of papyrus trial transcripts ( dated to Ramesses III ), it is now known that there was a plot against his life as a result of a royal harem conspiracy during a celebration at Medinet Habu.

Iset's son, Ramesses ( the future Ramesses IV ), was the eldest and the successor chosen by Ramesses III in preference to Tiy's son Pentaweret.

Red granite sarcophagus of Ramesses III ( Louvre )

However, Ramesses III died in his 32nd year before the summaries of the sentences were composed, but the same year that the trial documents record the trial and execution of the conspirators.

Prior to this discovery, it had been speculated that Ramesses III may have been killed by means that would not have left a mark on the body.

His mummy includes an amulet to protect Ramesses III in the afterlife from snakes.

Ramesses III may have been doubtful as to the latter's chances of succeeding him since, in the Great Harris Papyrus, he implored Amun to ensure his son's rights.

Papyrus Harris I records some of Ramesses III activities:

Medinet Habu temple relief of Ramesses III

The walled property also features a triple-pyramid garage, a great 64 ft. tall statue of Ramesses II, and a recreation of King Tutankhamun's tomb.

Nefertari also known as Nefertari Merytmut was one of the Great Royal Wives ( or principal wives ) of Ramesses the Great.

Ramesses also constructed a temple for her at Abu Simbel next to his colossal monument here.

Ramesses II also named her ' The one for whom the sun shines '.

Construction of the Hypostyle Hall also may have begun during the eighteenth dynasty, although most new building was undertaken under Seti I and Ramesses II.

Ramesses (; also commonly spelled Rameses or Ramses ) is the name conventionally given in English transliteration to 11 Egyptian pharaohs of the later New Kingdom period.

The Egyptian army also put down a minor “ rebellion ” in Nubia in the 8th year of Seti I. Seti himself did not participate in it although his Crown Prince, the future Ramesses II, may have.

He also argues that there are no genealogies that confirm the conventional dates for Ramesses II in the 13th century BC.

He also points out that Ramesses did campaign against Israel and that he had a short form of his formal name which was in use in Palestine.

Redating the reign of Ramesses II to three centuries later than that given by the conventional chronology would not only reposition the date of the Battle of Kadesh and revise the linked chronology of Hittite history, it would also require a revision of the chronology of Assyrian history prior to 911 BC.

As explained above, the New Chronology, rejects the identification of Shoshenq I with the biblical Shishaq, and instead offers Ramesses II ( also known by his nickname " Sysa ") as the real historical figure behind the Shishaq narrative.

Hawass has also appeared in several episodes of the U. S. television show Digging for the Truth, discussing mummies, the pyramids, Tutankhamun, Cleopatra, and Ramesses II.

However, this form of writing is also attested in monuments of Ramesses II and it would, therefore, not be unexpected to find it in a document from the very late 18th Dynasty since the transition from the Early New Kingdom to the Late New Kingdom Form of writing had already occurred prior to the end of Horemheb's reign, as Frank Yurco once noted.

( The High Priest Herihor had died before Ramesses XI, but also was an all-but-independent ruler in the latter days of the king's reign.

Ramesses also served as the High Priest of Amun – as such, he would have played an important role in the restoration of the old religion following the Amarna heresy of a generation earlier, under Akhenaten.

The Battle of Kadesh ( also Qadesh ) took place between the forces of the Egyptian Empire under Ramesses II and the Hittite Empire under Muwatalli II at the city of Kadesh on the Orontes River, in what is now the Syrian Arab Republic.

There was also a poorly documented troop called the nrrn ( Ne ' arin or Nearin ), possibly Canaanite military mercenaries with Egyptian allegiance or even Egyptians, which Ramesses II had left in Amurru, apparently in order to secure the port of Sumur.

Ramesses had also reorganized his forces and, expecting the help, also attacked from the camp.

The Ramesseum is the memorial temple ( or mortuary temple ) of Pharaoh Ramesses II (" Ramesses the Great ", also spelled " Ramses " and " Rameses ").